Asian Population History

Description

This volume consists of three major sections on fertility, disease and mortality, and marriage and family, which together with five introductory chapters combine depth of analysis with breadth of source material.

Asian Population History

Table of Contents

Part 1. Overview 1. What do we Know about Asian Population History? Comparisons of Asian and European Research, John C. Caldwell2. Understanding the Nature and Importance of Low-growth Demographic Regimes, Chris Wilson3. Southeast Asian Population History and the Colonial Impact, Anthony Reid4. The Population History of South Asia from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century: An Exploration, Sumit Guha5. Demographic Trends in Ludhiana District, Punjab, 1881-1981: An Exploration of Vital Registration Data in Colonial India, Tim Dyson and Monica Das GuptaPart II. Fertility 6. Patterns of Nuptiality and Fertility in a Fishing Village in Southwestern Tokugawa Japan, Noriko O. Tsuya7. The Level of Fertility in Tokugawa and Meiji Japan, c.1801-1930: A Preliminary Analysis of Hutterite Indices, Ken'ichi Tomobe8. Indonesian Fertility Behaviour before the Transition: Searching for Hints in the Historical Record, Terence H. Hull9. Trends and Fluctuations in Fertility in Sri Lanka during the First Half of the Twentieth Century, C. M. LangfordPart III. Disease and Mortality 10. Crisis Mortality in 17th Century Indonesia, Peter Boomgaard11. Mortality Change and the Epidemiological Transition in Beijing, 1644-1990, Cameron Campbell12. Disease and Mortality in the History of Taiwan, Ts'ui-jung Liu and Shi-yung Liu13. Smallpox and the Pattern of Mortality in Late 19th Century Taiwan, John R. Shepherd14. Public Health and the Diffusion of Vaccination in Japan, Ann BowmanJannetta15. The Attenuation of Mortality Fluctuations in British Punjab and Bengal, 1870-1947, Jose Antonio Ortega OsonaPart IV. Marriage and Family 16. Nuptiality among the Qing Nobility, 1600-1900, James Lee, Wang Feng, and Ruan Danching17. Demographic Conditions and Household Formation in Chinese History: A Simulation Study, Zhongwei Zhao18 Family Patterns and Demographic Factors in Pre-industrial Japan. Akira Hayami and Emiko Ochiai19. Marriage Patterns and Demographic Change in Sri Lanka: A Longterm Perspective, Bruce Caldwell